The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, February 25, 1914
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 AM
7:09 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -109
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Feb 25, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.9° / 155.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 01m / -6.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 344.06° / -0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.04° / 0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.26° / -0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.